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i Ames' Edition of Plays. 

FIFTEEN CENTS EACH UNLESS OTHERWISE MARKED. 



DRAMAS. 

A Desperate Game 3 

After Ten Ye.-irs 1 



8i> A Life's llevenge 7 

4:5 A mill de Baugh V S 

100 Annua Floyd 7 3 

J'J'> Auld Robin Gray 2.5c 13 3 

.S9 Beauty of Lyons U 2 

W.'y \\\\\ Detrick 6 4 

14 Biigand-s of Calabria 6 1 

lf;0 Conn; or Love's Victory 11 3 

1(11 Bora •") 2 

60 Driven to the Wall 10 3 

1.V2 Driven from Home 7 4 

173 East Lynne 7 6 

143 Emigrant's Daughter 8 3 

ITC) Factory Girl 6 3 

102 Fielding Manor 9 t) 

117 Hal Hazard, 25c 8 3 

107 Heroic Dutc-huian of '7ti 8 3 

.'>2 llenrv (Jranden 11 8 

7ti How He Did It 3 2 

141 Hidden Treasures 4 2 

2(5 Hunter of the Alps 9 4 

I'.d Hid len Hand 10 6 

104 Lights and Shadows of the 

(treat Reb>>Uion 2.5 cts 10 5 

3 Lady of Lyons 12 5 

9 Ladv Andley's Secret 6 4 

4(> Man and Wife 12 7 

211 Midnight Mistake 6 2 

KW INIiriani's Crime 5 2 

91 Michael Erie 8 3 

\Vo Miller of Derwent Water 5 2 

34 l\Hstletoe Bough 7 3 

1 81 Old Phil's Birthday -5 2 

i 85 Outcast's Wife 12 3 

I 83 Ou on the World 5 4 

196 Otth Bound. 5 3 

29 Painter of Ghent 5 2 

18 Poac ler's Doom 8 3 

110 Reverses 12 6 

45 Rock Allen -5 3 

79 81 )V of Atlanta, 25 cts 14 3 

144 Thekla 6 < 

67 The False Fr end ^ 

97 The Fatal Blow 7 1 

119 The Forty-Niners 10 4 

93 The (Jentleman in Black 9 4 

112 The New Magdalen 8 3 

71 The Reward of Crime 5 3 

105 Through Snow and Sunshine. 6 4 

7 The Vow of the Ornani 8 1 

201 Ticketof Leave Man 9 3 

193 Toodles fi 2 

200 Uncle Toms Cab in lo < 

121 AVill-o'-the-Wisp 9 4 

41 Won at Last 7 3 

192 Zion 7 4 

TEMPERANCE PLAYS. 

73 At Last 7 1 

75 Adrift " 4 

187 Aunt Dinah's Pledge / 3 



NO. M 

202 Drunlcard [The] 13 

1S5 Drunkard's Warning 6 

1.S9 Drunkard's Doom 15 

181 Fifteen Years of a Drunk- 
ard's Life 10 

Fruit- of the Wine Cup 6 



183 

104 Lost .'. f> 

146 Our Awful Aunt 4 

53 Out in the Streets ; 6 

51 Rescued 5 

59 Saved 2 

102 Turn of the Tide 7 

63 ThreeGIasses a Day 4 

62 Ten Nights in Bar Room 7 

58 Wrecked 9 

COMEDIES. 

168 A Pleasure Trip 7 

136 A Legal Holidav 5 

124 An Afflicted Family 7 

178 Caste 5 

199 Home 4 

174 Love's Labor Not Lost 3 

149 New Years in N, Y 7 

.37 Not So Bad After All 6 

126 Our Daughters 8 

114 Passions 8 

87 The Biter 15it ft 

TRAGEDIES. 

Ifi The Serf 6 

FARCES AND COMEDIETTAS. 

129 Aar-u-ag-oos 2 

1.J2 Actor and Servant 2 

12 A (;apital Match 3 

166 A Te.xan Mother-in-Law 4 

:i0 A Day Well Spent 7 

169 A Regular Fix 5 

SO Alarmingly Suspicious 4 

78 An Awful CriViinal 3 

65 An Unwelcome Return 3 

.31 A Pet of The Public 4 

21 A Romantic Attachment 3 

123 A Thrilling Item 3 

20 A Ticket of Leave 3 

175 Betsey Baker 2 

8 Better Half 5 

86 Black vs Mhite 4 

22 Captain Smith 3 

84 Cheek AVill Win 3 

49 Der Two Surprises 1 

72 Deuce is in Him 5 

19 Did I Dream it 4 

42 Domestic Felicity 1 

188 Dutch Prize Fighter 3 

148 Eh? What Did You Say 3 

154 Fun in a Post office 4 

1S4 Family Discipline 1 

209 (ioose with the (iolden Eggs.. 5 
13 Give Me Mv Wife 3 

66 Hans, the Dutch J.P 3 

116 Hash 4 

120 H. M.S. Plum 1 



ON TO VICTORY, 

A TEMPERANCE CANTATA, 

IN ONE SCENE, 

. BY IDA M, BUXTON. 



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ON TO VICT ORT.— {Temperance Cantata.) 

CHARACTERS. I 



UNCLE /S'^JI/: — Dressed in a suit of Eed, White and 

Blue. 
DRUNKARD'S DAUGHTER.— In ragged clotiies. 
DERORAK—VJho leads the chorus of girls. 
CAFT. PROHIBITION— W)iQ leads the chorusof boys. 
BROTHER. 
SISTER. 
FOUR GIRLS, dressed in white, representing Maine, 

Kansas, Iowa and Rhode Island — the latter being a 

small girl. Each one carries a shield with the name 

of her state. 
CHORUS OF BOYS. 
CHORUS OF GIRLS. 
The Choruses may consist of any number convenient. 



The Cantata maybe so arranged that all except Uncle 
Sam can be members of the chorus* 



ON TO VICTORY. 



Enter from l., Brother and Sister. 

DUETT.— Tune, " ^Yatchnanr 

Sister. 

Brother, can you tell me why. 

Mothers weep with cheeks so pale ? 
Why, with sad and tear-dimmed eye, 

Sobbing out a mournful tale ? 
Theirs the home of want and woe, 

Where no joy nor love doth dwell; 
Brother, surely you must know, 

And the reason you can tell ? 

Brother. 
Sister, I will truly tell, 

Why the homes are void of light; 
There the rum-fiend's curse so fell, 

Casts its fearful, mad'ning blight. 
Woe to whatso'er his hand, 

Siezes with its dreadful hold ; 
Homes are ruined in our land, 

While this monster kills for gold. 

Sister 
Brother, why do children go 

Without clothes and without food ? 
Surely parents won't treat so, 

Little ones, their flesh and blood I 



4 ON TO VICTORY. 

Will they barter for their gin, 
Everything that makes life dear? 

Will they spend the years in sin, 
Men not love, and God not fear ? 

Brother. 
Sister, yes, its all too plain, 

Men and women brutes will be. 
Heeding not whom rum has slain, 

On they rush to misery. 
Something then must soon be done, 

For our land is filled with woe. 
Wait not till to-morrow's sun, 

Bight away, let's fight the foe. 

Sister. 
Brother, I will work and pray. 

Do whatever comes to hand; 
That will hasten on the day, 

When no rum is in the land. 

Brother. 
Sister, I will work as well, 

Put my muscle in the fight. 
To the world the truth we'll tell, 

Knowing that God's right is might. 

Both. — Bepeat last four lines of music. 
Yes, we'll work, we'll talk, we'll pray 

Everywhere with earnest zeal ; 
Father, grant us soon the day, 

When we'll hear the vic'try peal. 

Enter Captain Peohibition, k. 

Captain Prohibition. 
I am glad to hear your words — we need every one in this 
struggle of the home against the saloon. It is a godly con- 
test, and we hope you will join us. 



Chorus of Boys, enter e. Captain Peohibition meets 
them and leads them forward, marching to the front 
of the stage, where they stand in military order. The 
Beothee and Sistee at l. The Boys sing the fol- 
lowing, during the chorus of which they m,arch in a 
circle around the stage, resuming their jposition for 
the next verse, 

'JUNE. — ^' Tramp, tramjo, tramp, the hoys are marching y 

We are called tlie temp 'ranee band, 

Lovers of our native land, 
"We're going to fight this rum-fiend day and night ; 

We are earnest, brave and strong, 

And we hope it won't be long. 
When this monster shall be driven from our sight. 

OHOEUS. 

March, march, march, we boys are marching, 
March, march, comrades, toil is grand. 

We are ready for the work. 

We will fight and never shirk. 
And we'll drive the liquor traffic from the land. 

By and by we will be men, 

And you'll see what we'll dojthen ; 
We will keep our land from want and woe so clear ; 

Then the homes will all be pure, 

Eum and sin we'll not endure, 
When strong drink is driven from our land so dear. 
CHOEUS. 

Come and join us, one and all. 

Heed our hearty, earnest call, 
Asking you to work for God, and home and land ; 

We're a band of Christian youth, 

Heart and hand we're pledged to truth, 
Come then, brothers, come and join this tem'prance band. 



\ ON TO VICTOBY. 

CHORUS, diiinng which Brother Jo^?^s. 

Instead of marcldrnj to front after the last chorus, they 
stand at k., nearlt/ facing the audience. 

Sister. 
But we girls want to lielp, is there nothing for us to do? 

Caj)t. Prohibition. 
Yes, indeed, my sister; the Lord has sent his Deborahs 
;;to this great battle that a glorious triumph may come. 

Chorus of GriRLS enter at l. ?<?^ J?/ Deborah. T/iey stand 
L. opposite the Boys, nearly facing the audience. Sis- 
ter j/c»/«.9 tlieni. 

SONG.— Tune, ''The Sioeet Bye and Bye.'' 
There's a day that's coming now last, 

We already can see its glad light. 
When the rum traffic never will cast, 
Its foul sin, nor its sorrow, nor blight. 
CHORUS. i^OYSJoin) 

In the sweet bye and bye. 
How we'll welcome that glorious day ! 

In the sweet bye and bye. 
When the rum traffic's banished for aye. 

Come, my sisters, let's work with a will. 
For our God, for our home and our land, 

O'er our nation we'll try to instill, 

The blest truths of our temperance band. 

CHORUS. 

0, how mothers will hail that glad day, 

When th'e dear ones are free from the snare, 

You will hear their glad songs all the way, 
Blessing God for the answer to prayer. 

CHOSUS. 



ON TO VICTORY. 7 

Uncle Sam enters at c. d., cmd looks from one side to 
the other, cmd sings, 

SONG.— Tune, "TanTcee Doodle." 

Mercy on me, what a noise 

You youngsters are a-raising ! 
Come, what's the matter with you now ? 

Why stand you here a-gazing ? 
"What is all this fuss about, 

And why is all this clatter ? 
Why don't you speak and tell me quick ? 
{To Capt. Prohibition.) 

Come, come, sir, what's the matter? 

Captain Prohibition, [sings) 
We've enlisted for the war 

Of home 'gainst the saloon, sir, 
We fight our battles on that line, 

And win the vict'ry soon, sir. 

Uncle Sam. [sings) 
Girls, are you a-fighting too, 

It does beat all creation, 
You'd better stay at home with dolls 

And let alone the nation. 

Deborah, [sings) 
Does the nation care for us? 

Our homes are not protected, 
And when our mothers beg for us. 

Their pleadings are rejected. 
So you see we girls will work, 

While fathers still are drinking, 
While children live in want and rags, 

Why, sir ! what are you thinking ' 



ON TO VICTORY. 

Uncle Sam. {sings) 
Yes, I know that's all quite true, 

That sad work rum is making; 
It often brings much want and woe, 

Much sadness and law-breaking. 
But you see, what can we do 

With such a mighty evil? 
It's very rich, and very strong, 

We'd better treat it civil. 

Boys and Girls, [all sing) 
Treat it civil ! no, ah, no ! 

We'll treat it as a sin, sir ! 
We'll scorn it, hate it, drive it out, — 

Its time now to begin, sir. 

Uncle Sam. (sings) 
That I own, will be for you, 

A very good protection, 
But if we treat the rummies so. 

They'll leave us at election. 

Copt. Prohihition. {sings) 
Shame, sir ! shame ! upon our land, 

That such words should be spoken ; 
We've pledged ourselves to join this fight, 

Our honor as a token. 

Boys and Girls, {all sing) 
We'll be grown up by and by, 

And then you'll see some fun, sir, 
We'll vote and work till in our land. 

There's not a drop of rum, sir. 
That's just what we're going to do, 

As sure as you are born, sir. 
Strict prohibition in our land. 

You'll see it some fine morn, sir. 



ON TO VICTOBY. 9 

During the singing of the last line, the Boys exit R. , 
and the Girls l. 

Uncle Sam. 
This beats all ! The very air is full of prohibition ; the 
old revolutionary independence is instilled into the children 
of this century. I'm in a pretty fix ; these youngsters are 
my future supporters ; what shall I do? Prohibition folks 
demanding one measure and rummies another ! Ah, me ! 
its a fence I can't ride. Here comes a ragged girl — I won- 
der if she wants prohibition, too. 

Enter Drunkard's Daughter, l. 

Uncle Sam. 
"Well, little one, I'm sorry for you ; Uncle Sam don't like 
to see the children in rags — what's the trouble ? 

Drunkard' s Daughter sings. 

Tune. — Robin Adair, 
"Why do I ragged go ? 

You know 'tis drink; 
Why do I live in woe? 

You know 'tis drink. 
"Why must I hungry be ? 
"Why is there no food for me ? 
Because the money goes 

All for the drink. 

"What makes my home so sad ? 

■ You know, 'tis drink ; 

t What makes my father bad? 

'■■ You know, 'tis drink. 

What makes my mother cry. 
With a sad and tear-dimmed eye? 
You know the reason why, — 

I Its all the drink. 



10 ON TO VICTOEY. 

"Why will you let tliem sell 

All this strong drink? 
Will you not sound the knell 
Of this strong drink ? 
{kneeling) 0, sir ! I plead with you, 

To God and yourself be true, 
0, please don't license it — 
All this strong drink. 

(Exit L. 

Mite7' Capt. Prohibition, r. 

Oaj}t. Prohibition. 
Sir, you cannot refuse that plea — standing face to face 
with a child whose father is fined and imprisoned for drink- 
ing that which you license men to sell; a drink which robs 
her of comfort, home and a father's love. 

Uucle Sam. 
It's a fact — something ought to be done. I'll talk to the 
people about it. 

Caj)t. Prohibition. 
The people ! why sir, they are pleading with you every 
day and year. The people, whose forefathers fought for lib- 
erty, and the people who come to our shores of freedom, ask 
you to banish forever this greatest curse of our nation. 

Uncle Sam. 
I'd really like to do it, but you see 

Ca])t. Prohibition. 
What ought to be done, can be done. With the help of 
God to whom Washington prayed at Valley Forge, we can 
conquer an enemy, we ourselves have placed in our midst. 

Uncle Sam. 
But there's the revenue — — 



ON TO VICTORY. 11 

Capt. Prohibition. 
"What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and 
yet lose his own soul ?" The revenue does not pay the ex- 
penses of the rum traffic's victims — the jails, asylums and 
and alms houses, are filled with rum's work, and the reve- 
nue is not enough to support them. In God's eyes, will the 
revenue pay for the lost souls, the sorrow and sin rum causes ? 

Uncle Sam. 
What can I do? 

Ca^pt. Prohibition. 
0, sir, strike a blow at the sin — let the whole world see 
that Uncle Sam, who resisted British tyranny, can conquer 
old King Alcohol. 

Uncle Sam sings. 

TUNE.—" Yankee Doodle:' 

Yes, I'll help these temp'rance folks, 

And if a politician. 
Gets mad at what I'm going to do, 

I'll laugh him to derision; 
Tell him just to mind his biz, 

And keep in his own station, 

I'll let him know that Uncle Sam 

Is going to rule this nation. 

CHORUS. (both) 

Temp'rance now will surely win, 

A vict'ry we'll be bringing, 
Now we work with cheerful hearts, 

A jubilee we're singing. 

The chorus ^/"Boys enter at e, and stand partiaTl/y fac- 
ing the audience / The chorus of Gikls enter at l. and 
stand ojjjjosite the Boys. Uncle Sam remains in c. 
Chorus sings, and at the words ^'Hurrah/' they clajj 
their hands. 



12 ON TO VICTORT. 

TUNE. — "Marching through Georgia^ 

Clap your hands with joyful glee, and sing the chorus 

strong, 
Sing it with a vigor that will echo loud and long, 
Sing it so our nation all can hear the gladsome song, 

How we are marching to vict'ry. 

CHOKUS. 

Hurrah! Hurrah! then shout the jubilee! 

Hurrah ! Hurrah ! for Uncle Sam you see, 
Says that all the children from the rum-curse shall be 

free, 

Now we are marching to vict'ry. 

Shout the news so mothers sad, can hear the happy peal. 

Shout it loud, that Uncle Sam will set the nation's heel. 
Upon this dreadful tyrant whose curse no more we'll feel 
Now we're marching to vict'ry. 

CHORUS. 

Kansas, Maine, Iowa fair, and little Ehody too, 

Gems which in our nation's crown are shining bright 

and true, 
Say, no rum for us we want, for that will never do. 

Now we are marching to vict'ry. 

During the singing of the last verse, Maine and Iowa 
enter from the R,; Kansas and Rhode Island from 
the L.; all stand in c. of stage. Rhode Island is re- 
ceived hy the others as a new-comer — Iowa tahes her 
hand as if welcoming her; Kansas raises her hand as 
if Messing her, while Maine places on her head a 
crown of flowers; they remain in this position till the 
close — Uncle Sam looking on with interest. 



ON TO VICTORY. 13 



CHOEUS. 



Hurrah ! Hurrali ! then shout the jubilee ! 

Hurrah ! Hurrah ! these four states now are free, 
So we shout the chorus till it rings from sea to sea, 

Now we are marching to vict'ry. 

During the singing of the last tivo lines, the hoT/s and 
girls join hands, forming a circle around the four 
states — they move in a circle after the fashion of cliil- 
d/ren dancing around a May joole, only not as quickly. 



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HINTS TO AMATEURS. 

BY A. D. AMES. 



A book of iisefii] infonnation for Amateurs and otliors, written 
exprcss;ly for tlio.se who are giving public entertainuicnt.s — md who 
wish to make their efforts succcs-sful — containing much information 
never before given. Mr. Ames has had many years experience, and 
in this work gives many hints which cannot fail to be of great bene- 
fit to all. 



Do you wish to know How to act? 

Do you wish to know How to make up? 

Do you wish to know How to make fuses? 

Do you wish to know How to be prompted? 

Do you wish to know How to imitate clouds? 

Do you wish to know How to imitate waves? 

Do you wish to know How to make thunder? 

Do you wish to know How to produce snow? 

Do you wish to know How to articulate? 

D? you wish to know How to make lightning? 

Do you wisli to know How to produce a crash? 

Do you wish to know How to make a wind-storm? 

Do you wish to know How to be successful oil the stage? 

Do you wish to know The effects of the drama on the mind? 

Do you wish to know How to assign parts successfully? 

Do you wish to know The duties of the property man? 

Do you wish to know How to arrange music for plays? 

Do you wish to know Many hints about the stage? 

Do you wish to know How to form a dramatic club? 

Do you wish to know The duties of a manager? 

Do you wish to know The duty of the prompter? 

Do you wish to know How to conduct rehearsals? 

Do you wish to know The best method of studying? 

Do you wish to know How to m;ike a stage laugh? 

Do you wish to know How to burn a colored fire? 

Do you wish to know Ho\\' to make a rain storm ? 

Do you wish to know A short hi.story of the drama? 

Do you wish to know All about scene painting? 

Do you wish to know Macready's method of acting? 
If you wish to know the above, read Hints to Amateurs, it will b^ 

gent you for 16 ceat* ner copy. 



Ames' Plays— Continued. 



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FARCES CONTINUED. 

How Sister Paxev got her 

Child Baptiz d 

How She has Own Way 

How He Popped the Quest'n. 

How 1 1 Tame M-in-Law 

How Stout Vonr (Jetting 

In the Wronsf Box 

In the Wrong Clothes 

John Smith 

Jutnbo Jum 

Kill n,' T me 

K ttie'-: Wedd'ng Cake 

liick Skillet Wedding 

L!)dgings for Two 

Mati-imon'al Bliss 

Mother's Fool 

Mr. and Mrs. Piingle 

Mr. Hudson's Tiger Hunt 

My Heart's in HighUmds 

' y Prec ous Betsey 

My Turn Next 

M Wife's Relations 

Ms' Day and Now-a-Hays 

Obedtenee , „. 

On the Sly 

Paddy Miles' Boy 

Persecuted Dutchman 

Poor Pilicody 

Quiet Family 

Kough Diamond 

Hippies 

Sch aps 

Sewing Circle of P riod 

K. H. A. M. Pinafore 

Somebody's Nobody 

Taking the Census 

Th t Mysterious B'dle „ 

T le Bewitched Closet 

The Cigarette 

The Coming Man 

Turn Him Out 

The Shana Profjssor 

The Two T. J's 

'i hirty-three Next Birthday.. 

Tit for Tat ;.... 

Vermont Wool Dealer 

AVanted a Husliand 

AV^hon Woni'n Weep _ 

AVooing Under Diffieultie 

AVhich will he Marry 

AVidowc-'s Trials 

AVaking Him Up 

AVhy they Joined the Re- 
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111 Yankee Duelist 

157 Ya kee Peddler 

ETHIOPIAN FARCES. 

204 Aeadeniy of Stars 

15 An Unhappy Pair 

172 Black Shoemaker 

08 Black Statue 

214 Chops 

14,5 Cuff's Luck 

190 Crimps Trip 

27 Fetter Lane to Gravesend 

153 Haunted House 

24 Handy Andy 

77 Joe's Vis t 

88 M schievous Nigger 

128 Musical D.irkey 

90 No Cure No Pay 

01 Not as Deaf as He Seems 

150 OldPompoy 

109 Other People's Children 

134 Pomp's Pranks 

177 Quarrel-ome Servants 

9l> Rooms to Let 

107 School 

133 Seeing Besting 

179 Sham Dcctor 

94 16,000 Years Ago 

25 Sport with a Sportsman 

92 Stage Struck Darkey..... 

10 Stock' Up, Stocks Down 

64 That Boy Sam 

122 The Select School 

118 The Popcorn Man 

6 The Studio 

108 Those Awful Boys 

4 Twain's Dodging 

197 Tricks : 

198 Uncle Jeff 

175 U. S. Mail 

216 Vice Versa 

20(5 Villkens and Dinah 

210 Virginia Mummy 

203 Who Stole the Chickens 

205 AVilliamTell 

156 Wig-Maker and His Servants 

GUIDE BOOKS. 

17 Hints on Elocution 

130 Hints to Amateurs 

CANTATA. 

215 On to Victory (with chorus) 
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An entirely newnnd original Xauficnl and Temperance Drama, by tke A 
uttur's favorite auLhor, W. Henri Wd kins, entitled 

THE TURN OF THE TIDE. 

WRECKED IN PORT. 

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There is no doubt but Mr. Wilkins is nt this time the moft populnr wrilfw 
of plnye for Amateur Drnmatic Coiupanitis in the United Stiites, if not in the 
■worM. lie is the author of Hook Allen the Orphan, Three Gliisse^a Day, 
The Reword of Crime, Mother's Fool, The Coming Miin.etc, all '>f which 
have been produced by nciirly all amateur cornyxinies in the United States 
and Canada. We take nincli pleasure in jiresenting now his liitest and best 
drama as above, knowing thnl it will invariably suit all who pnrcliaae it. 
The chaiticters embrace an old man, 1st. and 2(i lea'linc; men, villain, two 
rudians, and a 'nigger' who is very funny. Those who have [iroduced 'Out 
in tlie Streets' will find 'Pepper' in this play, fully as funny aa 'Pete' in 
that. Female characters are a fault-finding old woman, leadini;, juvenile, 
Rnd a splendid comedy. The nlot is simple, and yet very effective. The 
serious portions are balanced ny the comedy ones, iud(«'d it is the drama 
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SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

t CT First. — The fisherman's home — reminiscenoes of the wreck. The gath. 
Pring sti>rm — Reference to the money — Entrance of the Pimte — Aunt Becky 
^xpressus her opinion of him — Pepper tells his story — The sunset gun — The 
stortn breaks — Susie's secret — Pepper struck by lightning — A signal of dis- 
tress on the water — Clyde's projiosal — "1 have the power" — Lilli.'in's secret 
— "Why can't I die! He has forfeited all claims to honor or respect, and 
hopelessly cast me off, yet notwithstanding all this, I love him."— Entrance 
of Clyde, "You here I Begone and let your lips be sealed, or I'll cut out your 
quivering heart and throw it to the fishes who sport in yonder <lcep" — 
Clyde's soliloquy "Ah, Capt. St. Morris, a fig for your gilded castles built 
on air." — The pirates rob the house. 

Act Srcond,— Frisky's communings — She and Pepper have a little falling 
out — Pepper's pursuit of knowledge under the table — Clyde shows his i-olors 
and plays his first card, "Then my answer must be 'yes/ though it break the 
heart of my child." — The old man tries to drown his sorrow — Pej>per goes 
for clams — Entrance of Lillian, "Yes, pirate though you are, and chieftain 
of the hunted crew, I love you still ! The lime will come when you will find 
I am the truest friend you ever bad." — Aunt Becky relieves herself of a le«r 
ideas and Pepper gives her a few more — The old fisherman falls a victim to 
Intemperance, and Aunt Becky expresses her opinion of "sich doins." — Th« 
meeting of Clyde and St. Morris — The combat — Death of Clyde, "Oh, Hea- 
Ten I I am his wife."— Tableau. 

Act Third.— One year later — Company expected — Pepper has a "werry 
curis" dream — Cap* St. Morris relates a story to Susie — Lr.ve-making inter- 
rupted by toe old'fisherman — llis resolution to reform — Aunt Becky thinkf 
she is 'slurred.' — Lillian communes with her own thoughts — The Colonel ar- 
rives — Pepper takes him in charge and relates a wonderful whaling story — 
Restoration of the stolen money — "The same face, lleavens I I cannot b« 
mistaken." "It's all out." — The Colonel finds a daughter— He tells the 
story of his escape from the wreck — Old friends meet — The Colonel's propo- 
sal and acceptance. '♦Bress de Lawd." — Happy ending, with song and 
chorus. -"Wait Fo£ Thb Turii Or Tus Tldi." 



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